Governor Bob Ferguson appointed Ryan Moran director of the Washington State Health Care Authority, effective August 18. Moran currently serves as Deputy Secretary for Health Care Financing and Medicaid Director for the Maryland Department of Health.
Moran has overseen Maryland’s Medicaid program since April 2023, serving more than 1.5 million Marylanders receiving critical acute, outpatient, and behavioral health services and 125,000 providers that serve Medicaid participants.
Ryan Moran
In early 2025, Moran served as Acting Secretary of Health at the Maryland Department of Health. He currently serves as a member of the board of directors of the National Association of Medicaid Directors, which seeks to elevate and support 56 state and territory Medicaid programs in providing coverage to those they serve.
Previously, Moran served as Chief Executive Officer for Whitman-Walker Health System, a community-centered enterprise committed to advancing social justice and equality through health.
Moran holds a doctor of public health degree from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
